Question

1. A company has $6582 to give out in bonuses. An amount is to be given out equally to each of the 32 employees.

(a) A manager, Jake, reasoned that since 32 goes into 64 twice, each employee will get about $2000. Is his estimate correct? Why or why not?
(b) How much will each employee receive, rounded to the nearest whole dollar? Leave the remainder undivided. Show your work.
Answer:

Answer 1

A) His estimate is incorrect, since he has increased a figure to the amount that each employee would receive.

B) Rounded to the nearest dollar, each employee would receive $ 209.

Explanation:

Since a company has $ 6582 to give out in bonuses, and an amount is to be given out equally to each of the 32 employees, and A) a manager, Jake reasoned that since 32 goes into 64 twice, each employee will get about $ 2000 , to determine if his estimate is correct, and B) determine how much will each employee receive, rounded to the nearest whole dollar, the following calculations must be performed:

A)

2000 x 32 = 64000

200 x 32 = 6400

Therefore, his estimate is incorrect, since he has increased a figure to the amount that each employee would receive.

B)

6582/32 = X

208.68 = X

Therefore, rounded to the nearest dollar, each employee would receive $ 209.